After rolling out AirDrop support to the Galaxy S26 series models in Korea, Samsung has officially expanded the feature to more countries, including India. In a new February 2026 update that's rolling out, AirDrop integration is finally live in Quick Share, allowing users to seamlessly send and receive files from almost all Apple devices.
Transferring files from Samsung to Apple is easier than ever
Building on the initial reports about Samsung bringing AirDrop support to Quick Share, the feature is now arriving as a part of a new system update. Samsung is rolling out a new One UI 8.5 update to the Galaxy S26 series, weighing 868 MB and bringing the February 2026 security patch.
Once updated, users will find a new "Share with Apple devices" toggle nested at the bottom of their Quick Share settings menu. When activated, a system prompt appears, explaining that the phone can interface with any AirDrop-supported iPhone, iPad or Max. It also highlights a minor caveat that the phone may temporarily disconnect from Wi-Fi when searching for or sharing with Apple devices.
In the first few minutes we spent testing the feature, it worked just as well as AirDrop support on the Pixel 10 and Pixel 9 series. The Quick Settings panel was quick to populate nearby Apple devices right alongside other Galaxy phones. As shown in the screenshots below, the Galaxy phone detected other Galaxy phones, an iPhone 17e and a Mac Mini.
Speaking of which, my colleague Anshuman noted that the functionality is currently broken with Mac devices, as we couldn't get it to work even after multiple transfer attempts. However, this should be fixed with a future hotfix update to the Quick Share app.
Overall, the integration works flawlessly both to and from the phones. Our Galaxy S26 Ultra natively received incoming AirDrop requests from Apple devices, displaying a standard pop-up prompt with the file size and Accept or Decline buttons.
However, it's worth mentioning that, just like with Pixels, to send files, iPhone users need to switch from its default discovery option to "Everyone for 10 minutes". Perhaps this hurdle works in Apple's favour, which is why Apple has still not blocked AirDrop support on Android.
Regardless, this native bridge between Quick Share and AirDrop is a massive quality-of-life improvement, finally eliminating the long-standing friction of cross-platform media sharing. The feature is expected to roll out to more Samsung phones and eventually to all modern Android phones in the near future, so stay tuned.
